Answer:
We want to rewrite:
q^2 = a*(p^2 - b^2)/p
as a linear equation, in the form:
y = m*x + c
So we start with:
q^2 = a*(p^2 - b^2)/p
we can expand the left side to get:
q^2 = (a/p)*p^2 - (a/p)*b^2
q^2 = a*p - (a/p)*b^2
Now we can ust define:
a*p = c
Then we can replace that to get:
q^2 = -(a/p)*b^2 + c
now we can replace:
q^2 = y
b^2 = x
Replacing these, we get:
y = -(a/p)*x + c
finally, we can replace:
-(a/p) = m
then we got the equation:
y = m*x + c
where:
y = q^2
x = b^2
c = a*p
m = -(a/p)
